#nymphalid_butterfly__nymphalid__brush-footed_butterfly__four-footed_butterfly medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
supertype: #butterfly diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
member of: #family_Nymphalidae
subtype: #mourning_cloak_butterfly__mourning_cloak__Camberwell_beauty__Nymphalis_antiopa of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
subtype: #tortoiseshell_butterfly__tortoiseshell brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
subtype: #painted_beauty__paintedbeauty__Vanessa_virginiensis American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
subtype: #admiral any of several brightly colored butterflies
subtype: #red_admiral__redadmiral__Vanessa_atalanta of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings
subtype: #white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_camilla Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings
subtype: #banded_purple__white_admiral__whiteadmiral__Limenitis_arthemis North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band
subtype: #red-spotted_purple__redspottedpurple__Limenitis_astyanax similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces
subtype: #Limenitis_archippus__viceroy showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
subtype: #anglewing nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings
subtype: #comma_butterfly__commabutterfly__comma__Polygonia_comma anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
subtype: #fritillary butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
subtype: #silverspot butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings
subtype: #emperor_butterfly__emperorbutterfly__emperor large richly colored butterfly
subtype: #purple_emperor__Apatura_iris large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple
subtype: #peacock_butterfly__peacockbutterfly__peacock__Inachis_io European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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